Born: 1552, Bologna, Papal StatesDied: Aug 11, 1614, Rome Lavinia Fontana was an Italian painter, one of the most successful women artists of her era. During her career, Fontana executed a series of major public commissions, including the paintings of both religious and mythological subjects. This was an unusual accomplishment as most women painters at […]
Born: April 29, 1917, Kiev, UkraineDied: Oct 13, 1961, New York, U.S. Maya Deren was an influential director and performer who is often called the “mother” of American avant-garde filmmaking. Her films are not only poetic but instructive, offering insight into the human body and pysche and demonstrating the potential of film to explore these
Born: August 15, 1912, Pasadena, California, U.S.Died: August 13, 2004, Santa Barbara Julia Child was an American cooking expert, author and television personality. Born in Pasadena, California, she graduated from Smith College and served with the Office of Strategic Services in East Asia during World War II. After the war, she married diplomat Paul Child
Born: Aug 19, 1883, Saumur, FranceDied: Jan 10, 1971, Paris Coco Chanel, real name Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel was aFrench fashion designer and one of the leaders of haute couture (high fashion), whose name was synonymous with elegance and chic. She was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire. In 1914, Chanel opened a millinery shop in Paris. By
Born: 1940, West Bengal Anjolie Ela Menon is among India’s lending contemporary female artists, who have created a name for themselves in the domestic as well as international art scenario. Her works are a part of significant painting collections across the globe. One of her art works, ‘Yatra’, was recently picked up by the Asian
Born: 1913, HungaryDied: December 6, 1941 Amrita Shergill was one of the most promising Indian artists of the pre-colonial era, youngest ever and the only Asian to be elected as Associate of the Grand Salon in Paris.Amrita Shergill was a renowned Indian painter. She was one of the most charismatic and promising Indian artists of
Born: May 22, 1844, Allegheny City [now part of Pittsburg], Pa., U.S. Died: June 14, 1926, Château de Beaufresne, near Paris, FranceMary Cassatt was an American painter, who lived and worked in France as an important member of the impressionist group (painters who aimed to represent the effects of light on objects. Cassatt was born
Born: Sept 16, 1887, ParisDied: Oct 22, 1979, Paris Nadia Juliette Boulanger was a French teacher, composer and conductor, who influenced a generation of American composers. Born in Paris, she studied under the French composer Gabriel Fauré. In 1918, she stopped composing, after the death of her sister Lili, who was also a gifted composer.
Born: Jan 3, 1897, San Francisco, California., U.S.Died: Oct 1, 1979, La Quinta, California Dorothy Arzner was an American filmmaker who was the only woman directing feature-length studio films in Hollywood during the 1930s. From 1927 to 1943 she was credited with directing 17 films, including Christopher Strong (1933) and Dance, Girl, Dance (1940), both
Born: March 14, 1923, New York, U.S.Died: July 26, 1971, New York City Diane Arbus was an American photographer known for her black-and-white portraits of individuals on the fringes of society. The alienation and inner torment depicted in her photographs mirrored both her own inner feelings and the social turmoil in the United States during
There are few things more disturbing than the loss of a child. When Edith “Google” Kiecorius was abducted in 1961, the Police of Brooklyn worked tirelessly to search every roof, river and residence for the missing four-year-old. Unfortunately to no avail and the public were becoming despondent when the vice-president of K.L.M., the major Dutch
A young man at a bar, where he has been playing pool with a friend and enjoying a beer, is approached by a young woman and asked for a lift home. He agrees telling his friend to go on without him. Four days later he hasn’t returned home and his family takes the matter to
While finding information about the actual case is difficult, the praise for the work of Phil Jordan is far more free-flowing. The case was a horrific example of organized and merciless killing and police were unable to gain a single sound lead.When most other methods of Police work had failed to draw a lead worth
There is a fair argument that the work of Jacques Aymar was not technically a “police” case. But that is only because there was no “police” in 17th Century France. The fact remains that Jacques was significant to the solving of a crime that was being investigated by the authorities of the time and was
While many people claim to be psychic and look to make their fortune through publicity, book sales and even television shows, occasionally a person who claims not to be a psychic stumbles into the supernatural realm. This was the case for Etta Louise Smith, who had never had the “gift” and was driven only by